Name:
Mastering the Molten: Mendocino County Art Glass
Date:
November 22, 2017
Time:
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM PST
Website:
http://www.gracehudsonmuseum.org

Falling Through the Ice by Erika Kohr Island
Event Description:
Highlighting comtemporary art glass from master craftspeople throughout Mendocino County, this exhibit surveys the diversity of the medium. The featured artists use technniques ranging from kiln forming, cold work, sandblasting and classic Venetian glassblowing to computer aided design and wood burning with molten glass. Their work includes the lovely stained glass of Jeanette Carson; Sean Cramblett's richly colored and textured glass sculptures; technically dazzling vessels and wall art by Kale Haschak; Scott Hegan's delicate, colorful, and intricately patterned pieces; charming narrative scupltures by Erika Kohr Island; Yorgen Kvinsland's technologically-assisted work that blends the efforts of man and machine; beautiful nature themed containers by Cynthia Myer; Elizabeth Raybee's eclectic glass mosaics; the compelling fragil sculpture of Ferdinand Thieriot; and drawings made with glass by Jonah Ward. Some of the artists work will be available for sale in the Museum Gift Shop. You will gain a new appreciation for what glass can do.